Energy Usage in Transit : a Comparison to Other Modes of Transportation
Energy Usage in Transit : A Comparison to other modes of Transportation Prepared for the WILMAPCO Technical Advisory Committee January 15th 2009 0 Agenda • How energy is measured? • What was shown at the 10/22 Our Town Event? • Historic Trends • Energy consumption by fuel types • Application to local conditions 1 1 Measuring Energy • BTU (British Thermal Unit) is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water by one degree from 60° to 61°Fahrenheit at a constant pressure. • BTU is used to describe the heat value (energy content) of fuels • Will see term throughout presentation 2 10/22 Our Town Event Energy Use by Travel Mode 2006: 14,301 Energy Usage for Passenger Travel 14,000 BTUs per passenger-mile* 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 3,944 4,235 4,000 3,261 3,512 2,650 2, 784 2,996 1,855 2,000 1,322 0 Vanpool Buses Motorcycles Intercity Rail Light Rail Other Air (Domes tic Cars Pers on al Transit Buses Demand (Amt rak) Co mmu ter Rail Flights) Trucks res pon se (Paratrans it ) • These values are averages • Data shown is an average for the entire U.S. • Use varies widely with the number of riders per vehicle. Source: National Transportation Data Book, 2006 3 2 10/22 Our Town Event Energy Use by Travel Mode 2006: 14,301 Energy Usage for Passenger Travel 14,000 BTUs per passenger-mile* 12,000 10,000 8,000 1.1 6,000 3,944 4,235 4,000 3,261 3,512 2,650 2, 784 2,996 1,855 2,000 1,322 31.3 96.2 1.6 1.7 8.8 20.5 22.5 31.3 6.1 1.2 20.5 0 Vanpool Buses Motorcycles Intercity Rail Light Rail Other Air (Domes tic Cars Pers on al Transit Buses Demand (Amt rak) Co mmu ter Rail Flights) Trucks res pon se (Paratrans it ) • These values are averages • Data shown is an average for the entire U.S.
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